Pair of Kings: A Fashion and Culture Podcast · Pair of Kings

Paris Fashion Week FW26 Review: Is Raf Simons Back? Rick Owens, Dior, Dsquared2 & More | 13.17

·1 hr 32 min·3 clips
Raf is showing dirty cuffs and high buttonholes—this is what a young creative actually looks like.
Pair of Kings hosts critique Paris and Milan Fashion Week FW26, discussing high and low points across collections. Main tension: Jonathan Anderson's Dior vs. Raf Simons' elegant revival. Hosts digress into hi-fi audio culture obsession, boot fit philosophy, import fees, and broader conversations about colonialism, genealogy, and vintage aesthetics. Balances critical design discourse with personal shopping stories.

As heard by us

An opinionated fashion chat that moves fast, argues often, and happily wanders off course.

This Pair of Kings conversation moves quickly from Paris Fashion Week to a little Milan Fashion Week, then back into the hosts' own back-and-forth. The draw is the stance more than the structure: what is good, what is bad, what is really bad, and what is really good.

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Why you'd press play

For when you want fashion-week judgment with side quests and a real argument.

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